Standard Sport revealed yesterday that Redknapp’s position is in increasing danger with the club considering replacing him with Tim Sherwood.

QPR are bottom of the Premier League after seven games and chairman Tony Fernandes is worried they may become cut adrift in the relegation zone.

They face Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City over the next month, making Redknapp’s task of sparking a quick revival even tougher.

However, Ferdinand believes the 67-year-old is the right man to steer the club out of trouble.

In an exclusive interview, he said: “We are not even in double figures for the amount of games played yet. To push the panic button now would be crazy in my eyes. Harry still comes across to me as a fighter and a man with a lot of fight left in him.

“He wants to get the club out of this situation we’re in. It’s not for the lack of trying.

Five questions for QPR boss Harry Redknapp during the international break

Five questions for QPR boss Harry Redknapp during the international break

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Is Jermain Defoe the solution to my attacking problems?

The loss of Loic Remy hit QPR hard. The Frenchman was a proven goalscorer but with a low release clause in his contract, losing him was inevitable.
So far this season, Rangers have only scored four League goals and, coupled with a porous defence, the deficiencies up top are emphasised.
In fact, out of the three strikers currently on QPR’s books – Bobby Zamora, Eduardo Vargas and Charlie Austin – only the latter has opened his account, and it remains to be seen whether Austin, a striker who has spent the vast majority of his career in the lower leagues, can maintain his form.
So, is Jermain Defoe the answer? Redknapp has managed him at three different clubs and must surely be tempted to make it four, especially after Defoe’s current club Toronto refused to rule out a January move.
The striker has been in good form in the MLS, scoring 11 in 17, but could he replicate it back in the Premier League?

2/5
How do I survive the next four games?

QPR’s next four games represent one of the toughest runs they will have to endure this season.
After hosting Liverpool and Aston Villa, Redknapp will travel to Stamford Bridge before facing Manchester City at home.
In their most challenging games so far, against Tottenham and Manchester United, QPR were remarkably poor, losing 4-0 in both and only registering three shots on target across the two games.
So how does Redknapp approach these upcoming games? The obvious approach would be to pack the defence, maybe adopting a 5-4-1, and try to nick results. But while these tactics may work, they also lend themselves to possible capitulation, especially considering how relentless Chelsea and City can be.
And if this was the case, what would it do for Redknapp’s job security? Would he even still have a job to try and secure?

3/5
What is my best formation?

Initially, Redknapp deployed a 3-5-2, with three centre backs and two attacking wing-backs to provide the width. Redknapp even brought on in Mauricio Isla, one of a small number of natural wing-backs in the European game, on loan from Juventus to facilitate the approach.
But while this formation can work to great effect, it needs players to be familiar with it to truly flourish.
Isla is one of those, but for the first-choice centre-backs – Rio Ferdinand, Steven Caulker and Richard Dunne – it is a largely alien concept, and it showed, especially against Tottenham.
Redknapp swiftly changed to a more familiar 4-2-3-1, and while it initially paid dividends against Sunderland, it has proved ineffective since.

4/5
How do I stop my best players getting injured?

Seven different senior players have picked up injuries so far this season, with the midfield being hit particularly hard.
Alejandro Faurlin is out for the long term, Jordon Mutch is struggling with his hamstring while Joey Barton and Sandro – two of QPR’s most tenacious midfielders – are also spending time on the sidelines.
And the club’s lowly League position is only exasperating matters. Sandro was brought back into the team out of desperation against Manchester United, but it was too early – the Brazilian was forced off after picking up another injury before the game was up.
There is also a general lack of intensity to QPR’s play, which may be partly down to the absence of players like Sandro and Barton. But Redknapp has picked up on this and now needs to rectify it, quickly.

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5/5
Is it time to bring Adel Taarabt back?

Few players divide opinion like Adel Taarabt. The Moroccan is notoriously unreliable, but has proven in the past that he can win matches on his own.
At the back end of the 2011-12 season, with QPR staring down the barrel of relegation, Taarabt was inspirational. He netted in a remarkable 2-1 win over Arsenal and then grabbed the winner against Tottenham in the penultimate match of the season – he was also sent off, which neatly sums him up.
After a transfer to AC Milan fell through in the summer,
Taarabt has declared himself determined to succeed at Loftus Road. Providing he can shake off his current injury, Redknapp will know he has a player in Taarabt who can spark a revival. But he will also be well aware of the risks.

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“No one wants to see their manager get sacked. It was not nice to see it happen to David Moyes at Manchester United last season and I wouldn’t want to see it here. It’s down to us as players, as well as the coaching staff, to start turning results around.”